Essie Topless & Barefoot (matte)

I never, ever got into the whole "mannequin hands" trend that floated around a couple years ago. Never. But thanks to Cilucia, take look at my current NOTD...

Mattified Topless & Barefoot. Now obviously this doesn't match my skin tone at all. It pulls a lot more pink than nude on me in fact. I'm actually kind of glad it's not too matchy, I don't ever want to look down and see this...

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Dismembered mannequin hand!!! *screams*

KOTD Orly Matte Vinyl and China Glaze Millennium

I haven't konaded in long and I had a hankering today. Not my best konad but I like the way it turned out.

I started with two coats of Orly Matte Vinyl. I loveeee it! It's black with no shininess at all. I've heard that KO Flatte Black is "blacker" but I haven't tried it and I think I'm pretty happy with the Orly.

Then I konaded some chains with China Glaze Millennium and plate BM12

It's far from perfect, but you can't really tell IRL. I think the matte base made it harder to konad on since it seemed like the polish didn't want to stick to it. I really do like the way it turned out though :D

A Sampling of a Few Greens I Like

Green is probably my favourite nail polish colour. I can't get enough of it. Greens are the shiz. Here's a few I like.

China Glaze Jolly Holly. Lovely dark forest green shimmer. The shimmer leans golden in this and gives the green a little warmth and so much depth. Beautiful! I love it!

Precision McDreamy. One of those many jade green cremes that have come out lately. Not unique but such a lovely colour. Awesome application too- two smooth coats.

Revlon Emerald City. Dark green with bright emerald shimmer. Dries semi-matte. I'm not too keen on the finish of the Revlon Matte Suedes. I like my matte polishes really matte and my shiny polishes really shiny - stuff in between doesn't really tickle my fancy. But holy poop... just look at the colour.

Orly Green Apple. It's not a jelly but there's something about the colour that just says "I'm juicy. EAT ME." Needless to say, I absolutely adore it.

I'm having a few troubles lately so these are older pics. I hope you guys don't mind!

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OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede and a couple of Random Orlys

I'm not really a big matte fan but the I really do like those shimmery mattes like Zoya Matte Velvets and OPI Suedes. The shimmer has so much depth. and they also look really awesome with a glossy top coat.

Here is YDKJ Suede

Two coats. In my experience these are easier to apply than the non-shimmery mattes because they dry a little slower giving you more time to work with it on the nail.I love all those little metallic glittery bits in the Suede polishes so so much! I wish I had an awesome camera so that I could show you the detail. Check out Cilucia's shots of Russian Navy Suede here. See what I mean?? HOLY CRAP!

With top coat. Look at all the depth. Though I do think I like this one better matte.

And here are a couple of Orlys I swatched recently

Snowcone. I have worn this blue a few times as NOTD which is pretty rare for me since I try to go through my untrieds as quickly as possible. It's beautiful. There's something about this shade of blue that just really appeals to me. This is two coats and it's perfect. The mini gloss that came with it was also surprisingly really nice.

Enchanted Forest. My bottle was missing the dangly charm that came with this collection :( LOL. Dark green creme. I can't ever have enough of these kinds of colours.

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MOAR Spam??

I still have quite a few pictures lying around. They don't follow a specific theme so, here's another round of spam!

Zoya Mimi. Man, Zoya does those glass-flecky/foily/sparkly finishes so well.

Bloom Goa. Teal/blue creme. Really smooth, pigmented formula.

Revlon Powder Puff. A more unique take on white. I do wish the blue shimmer was less subtle though.

Zoya Blair. Just take a look at that glow!

China Glaze Emerald Sparkle. Sorry about the out of focus pic. My camera couldn't capture the Epicness.

Essie Smokin' Hot. Not unique by any means but these dark purple-y taupes are lovely.

China Glaze How About a Tumble. There really should be a question mark in that name. Light pink/purple scattered holo. It's got that pretty, light and delicate feel to it.

Butter London Fash Pack. This was free in an earlier issue of Aussie Harper's Bazaar. I quite like the delicate gold shimmer in it.

Australis Blue Tiger. Love! It's a muted, dusty blue that's still somehow really bright. It even dries semi-matte (neon pigment?).

I hope you enjoyed!